Mbare gives you a snap shot of opportunities in Harare-trending, changes or new opportunities and you do not need a lot of time studying this-you just need to pass through the area. So what is new at the popular Siyaso? What is keeping entrepreneurs busy even during the Covid-19 lockdown?
The answer lies in water tank stands! Climatic change is a reality and the effects are being felt countrywide. Most urban councils are not able to pump sufficient water for residents therefore driving many to sink boreholes. The rise in entrepreneurship is the second push factor as many are sinking boreholes at plots, farms and rural areas.
A whole value chain of water supply has been created which involves the following:
- Water tanks,
- Water tank stands,
- Irrigation systems,
- Borehole drilling,
- Borehole water for sale,
- Borehole service kits and
- Solar power installations,
Some with wells are deepening them by hiring experts with handheld drilling machines. Perhaps to confirm this we need to look at our top 2019 imports where an interesting line item caught our attention-importation of plastics and plastic materials.
Do you know how to manufacture water tanks?
Entrepreneurs solve problems at a premium and our current challenges as a nation are climatic, lack of formal employment, energy, food and others. Water opportunities seek to solve them at once-water for consumption and entrepreneurship through food production.
The missing link
There are no companies with one stop shops for the entire water support value chain support. A walk in shop with water tanks and stands, solar systems, irrigation systems, green houses and more.
Demonstration sites where prospective clients can walk in and observe various irrigation models in use allowing them to choose systems that suit their pockets.
